Prime Minister holds high-level meet on internal security
December 14th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec.14 (ANI): A high-level meet on internal security was held at the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s residence in the capital on Monday evening following intelligence inputs that Taliban-trained ’suicide’ squads have sneaked into these places to attack vital installations.
Apart from Prime Minister Dr. Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M.Krishna, Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram, Defence Minister A.K.Antony attended the meet. IB and RAW chiefs were also present in the high level meet.
The meet lasted about half an hour.
Three metropolitan cities Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata and Gujarat state were put on high terror alert earlier on Monday following the intelligence inputs about Fidayeen (suicide) squads having already sneaked into these places with the aim to attack important installations.
It is learnt that the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Bombay Stock Exchange, both in Mumbai as well as US Consulate in Kolkata are high on the radar of the ‘fidayeens’, a source stated.
Besides, RSS headquarters in Nagpur, Kolkata Port and some unidentified defence establishments are also the likely targets of the terrorists, the source informed. (ANI)
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